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| September 26, 2009 | Air India pilots go on strike, flights cancelled | | New Delhi: Air India has cancelled its two flights on Saturday due to an agitation called by a section of the national airlines' pilots. The executive pilots of Air India are protesting
against the decision of the management to reduce their productivity-linked incentives
(PLI) by 50 per cent. According to Air India sources, the airlines cancelled the
flights to Mumbai and Kabul this morning. The passengers of the cancelled flight
to Mumbai have been accommodated in the next flight while those going to Kabul
have been lodged in a hotel, the sources added. Captain Bhalla, a representative
of the Executive pilots of the airlines said that the pilots have taken a decision
to go on strike because nobody is in state of mind to work due to the salary cuts
and hinted that the strike might extend for an indefinite period. Meanwhile, Air
India sources expressed surprise over the decision of the pilots to go on strike
even after taking them on board over the PLI reduction. But Captain Bhalla alleged
that the Chairman of the airlines had not discussed the salary cuts with Executive
pilots. There are around 300 Executive pilots in the Air India. Air India claims
that since the Executive pilots are part of the airlines management, they cannot
form a union and also cannot go on strike. | |
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